tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post115825704508975942..comments2023-11-16T05:27:40.136-05:00Comments on Stitching in the Buff: what it's likekatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962243760714546382noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1168198957656846372007-01-07T14:42:00.000-05:002007-01-07T14:42:00.000-05:00thank you for writing about this. You are eloquen...thank you for writing about this. You are eloquent about the pain; I connect most when you say, it isn't weird or creepy, it's my child. My husband began the heart attack that killed him on Sept. 14th, and I was surprised at how I felt about his body. We are creatures of spirit, yes, but we are creatures of our bodies, too. And those bodies matter. Peace and healing to you.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018163887117725118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1159334003708586142006-09-27T01:13:00.000-04:002006-09-27T01:13:00.000-04:00Oh my. I read this post the other evening and cou...Oh my. I read this post the other evening and couldn't quite bring myself to comment until now. It brought me to tears, it made my guts and my uterus tie up in knots almost like having contractions, for the rest of that evening. I couldn't have ever imagined what you and your husband and daughter have gone through. Now, I have what can only be the smallest of inklings despite your descriptiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1159232060295536612006-09-25T20:54:00.000-04:002006-09-25T20:54:00.000-04:00Thank you so much for sharing your feelings at thi...Thank you so much for sharing your feelings at this loss. Nothing I can say can ease the hurt you feel, but prayers and your precious daughter will continue to comfort you. Your focus on knitting will provide an outlet that cannot be measured. You an my family remain in my thoughts and prayersRebekah Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665377017315264981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158627585444484982006-09-18T20:59:00.000-04:002006-09-18T20:59:00.000-04:00Oh Kate. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself...Oh Kate. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself. All I can hope is that someday your words will comfort another mother. We're still all here.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585269689276065787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158553890348454672006-09-18T00:31:00.000-04:002006-09-18T00:31:00.000-04:00Besides being without much time to read anyone thi...Besides being without much time to read anyone this week...I have purposely waited to read you.<BR/><BR/>April let me know you posted about the details of losing Baby Beth.<BR/><BR/>She reminded me later that I needed to read it. She told me how Karen and she wept through the entire reading.<BR/><BR/>I kept telling myself that I just didn't have even a moment to read. (Minniemee was a flowergirltamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765708544756841964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158504519859698432006-09-17T10:48:00.000-04:002006-09-17T10:48:00.000-04:00My heart goes out to you, I cried the through the ...My heart goes out to you, I cried the through the whole post, am still crying, I am so sorry for you and your loss of your beautiful daughter. I know that that sounds so small compared to your loss but I am at a loss of words. I wish I lived closer so that I could run over and hug you and tell you all will get better in time, that she still is there with you in spirit. At a time like this it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158451635776138562006-09-16T20:07:00.000-04:002006-09-16T20:07:00.000-04:00Dear Kate. Thank you so much for sharing what you...Dear Kate. Thank you so much for sharing what you've been through ... I am struck by the fact that your parents and I must have been on the same Iowa highway at the same time ... as my family drove past Buffalo I remember thinking, "This is where Kate lives!", and then coming home to find -- to my horror -- what you had been enduring as I'd been passing through. <BR/><BR/>My heart aches for you Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161498569856503977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158383170064134732006-09-16T01:06:00.000-04:002006-09-16T01:06:00.000-04:00Thank you for sharing, so that we could share in y...Thank you for sharing, so that we could share in your tears and better understand your pain. Hopefully helping you to heal through that sharing. My heart broke for you all over and more so, as I better understand the agony you've been through, and still go through. You're still in my prayers. Be strong.Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034318825601622180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158373628447008412006-09-15T22:27:00.000-04:002006-09-15T22:27:00.000-04:00Kate - thank you for such raw honesty, love and be...Kate - thank you for such raw honesty, love and beauty you have shared with us. I only hope that by hitting the publish button you have brought a tiny bit more of healing to yourself.<BR/><BR/>I feel such sorrow and pain for your loss right now, your suffering is so evident in this post.<BR/><BR/>Words fail, please know my heart and prayers are with you. Although we have never met and although Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353762784857238715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158351753669725682006-09-15T16:22:00.000-04:002006-09-15T16:22:00.000-04:00Kate - I can't find words, but just want to assure...Kate - I can't find words, but just want to assure you of more prayers being said over here in the UK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158337462996161812006-09-15T12:24:00.000-04:002006-09-15T12:24:00.000-04:00I just sit ... my fingers are heavy on this keypad...I just sit ... my fingers are heavy on this keypad ... what do I say? my face is wet from the tears ... I just reached up with my shirtsleeve to wipe them.<BR/><BR/>Oh, Kate - you have been on my mind, and I have thought of and prayed for you. I cannot praise you enough for writing this... giving me (us) the opportunity to cry with you - have a glimmer, inkling, morsel of what you are feeling.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13810452195292936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158292734439283702006-09-14T23:58:00.000-04:002006-09-14T23:58:00.000-04:00This made me cry. I just can't imagine. I can't. I...This made me cry. I just can't imagine. I can't. I wish I could reash out and give you a bug hug. My heart hurts for you and your family.<BR/><BR/>Sending you so much love.<BR/>xoScoutjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178220856730339890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158283332766129302006-09-14T21:22:00.000-04:002006-09-14T21:22:00.000-04:00You are stronger than I ever imagined. I just hop...You are stronger than I ever imagined. I just hope, that if I ever need to be, that I could be that strong. Thank You so much for sharing this. Tears were streaming down my cheak, when Lil Bit, knowing what to do, started BITING me! Kinda rude, but it worked.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12822203924980569965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158279487774292332006-09-14T20:18:00.000-04:002006-09-14T20:18:00.000-04:00My heart is breaking. And breaking. And breaking.T...My heart is breaking. And breaking. And breaking.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for trusting me (us) with your heart and sharing with so much honesty. This is so painfully and beautifully written. You are an amazing, strong woman even if you don't feel it right now. Keep going, Kate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652304693670344168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158264227099502312006-09-14T16:03:00.000-04:002006-09-14T16:03:00.000-04:00I sit here after reading all that you have gone th...I sit here after reading all that you have gone through and continue to endure and I can't help but feel so incredibly selfish. Everything I have worried about over the past few days and been upset over or let bother me is just so completely insignificant.<BR/><BR/>My heart aches for you and your family. Thank you for sharing with all of us and I hope that in some small way this will help youPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743016330834537598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158262411723757112006-09-14T15:33:00.000-04:002006-09-14T15:33:00.000-04:00Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I ...Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I have been crying along with you as I have lost two babies early on in the past year to miscarriages and it still hurts. Thank you for your honesty.<BR/>~JennyJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04002869677396722404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158261921380152012006-09-14T15:25:00.000-04:002006-09-14T15:25:00.000-04:00thank you so much for sharing that with us.i am si...thank you so much for sharing that with us.<BR/>i am sitting here at my computer with a pile of kleenex beside me.<BR/><BR/>hugs to you.<BR/><BR/>maybe you should do something special on that day in october...Ann-Marie MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433678151256902582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18479627.post-1158258091486913222006-09-14T14:21:00.000-04:002006-09-14T14:21:00.000-04:00Kate,thank you for clicking the publish button.I t...Kate,<BR/>thank you for clicking the publish button.<BR/>I think it is the most brave, heartbreaking, true post I've ever read.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333822906124075249noreply@blogger.com